Why Republicans Won the Election and Dems Flopped There is no one, soundbite-ready answer to why the Republicans did so well in the 2014 election. As a political scientist I can provide a few obvious answers, but as I see...

US arms ISIS terrorists and we’re supposed to believe it’s a mistake Under the category of “not again,” ISIS terrorists have gotten their grubby little hands on another stash of heavy weapons, this time courtesy of supposedly “moderate” militants (as...

Imagine for a moment that a cataclysm happens tomorrow and most records of our civilization are wiped out. Five-thousand years later the archaeologists of the next civilization study our stadiums, monuments, and statues for clues to what our civilization was...

A great book about dreams that can even help make your dreams come true When you dream you have access to the best life coach ever, but thing is, coach speaks a language foreign to most folks. It’s a language...

Obama’s War of Choice in Syria This occasion calls for a certain phrase as Mr. Obama pushes for war with Syria: What the fuck are you thinking? The difference between Obama and his predecessor, Cheney/Bush, was supposed to be that...

When you meet truly bad people in this world, you might have a hard time remembering their faces. I don’t remember the face of the child molester. He was a little taller than me, and I was a 5’11” buck...

Steve is not what most people think of when they picture a shaman. Instead of wearing masks and feathers, he wears jeans and button-downs, although the medicine bag hidden under his shirt gives him away. While people know him as...

Magic mushrooms talk to you. The tan and orange fungus with a stem and cap is like a leprechaun, and when swallowed it spends the next few hours – sometimes days – fucking with your head by telling you things...